Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-03
tisements to attract buyers for some patent

tisements to attract buyers for some patent medicines.
 Plymouth church go to High Rock to pics nic next Thursday, August 11th-
 John Lane has sold his cottage at Burns Point to parties who will take possession the middle of this month. Mir. Lane will leave about the 18th and will move into his cot- tage near Hartford.
 The complimentary supper to mine host Gerard Wilson mentioned in the COURIER was very pleasant affair and was gotten up by prominent business men of the town. MT. Wilson retires from the hotel soon.
 The severe thunder storm of Sunday after noon produced more damage to property than any storm of the kind at any one tlHae in 8 long time. In the center of the town the building occupied by c. P. Bennetts fish market was struck by lightning in the up, per story. A large tree on Grand street was also struck. James Hines barn was set on fire and the barn and its SGnssn'S Mrs William Ga nay E. Smiths 'DiaSa barn at Wheeler's Farms was also stl dck and Deacon Elliott Platt's barn also shows the same fate without serious results. Mir. Al bertus Clark's house was struck, the tele phone wires conducting the current into the house. The hired man was stunned, but otherwise the effect was not felt seriously Considering the number of places struck by the lightning it is remarkable that no greater loss resulted.
 MT. Miles and family, of New York, are occupying the First church parsonage during the absence of Rev. MT. Calhoun and family General State News. NEW BRITAIN ELECTION. The special election for mayor in NeV Britain resulted in victory for the Repub licans J. Clement Atwood was elected by majority of 119 over Dwight 0. Judd. TEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. The reception to be rendered by Colone Stevenson of the Housatonic road to th Connecticut Press sssociation will probabl, take place at Parlor Rock next Monday night NEW IRON BRIDGE. The towns of New Milford and Bridge. water have voted to build new iron bridg over the Housatonic river. It will be mad by the Berlin Bridge compeny and will COS $5,000.
 GONE TO FENwIcK. The Misses Gillian, daughters of ex-Uni ted States Treasurer Gillian, who have beer visiting their grandparents in Mansfield, wen yesterday to Fenwick, where they Mill spend the rest of the season.
 THEY ARE MAD-THE PRICE OF ICE HIGHER. The combination of the Rockville ice com panies and the advance of the price of ic from thirty-five to fifty cents hundred pounds is not pleasing to the consumers, anG there is much talk of building private ic houses.
 CHESHIRE. At the annual meeting of the stockholder of the Cheshire Watch company the following were elected directors for the ensuing year John Pierce, Philadelphia; Alorzo A. Gran miss, Waterbury; J. L. Porter, New York F. F. Street, J. B. Pierce, Hartford; Edwart A. Cornwall, George J. Capewe1l, Edwin R Brow n, Cheshire.
 BARNS FIRED BY LIGHTNING. PUTNAM, Conn.,, August 2.-At Waure gan yesterday large barn filled with farm | ing implements, hay, etc., was struck b | lightning and entirely destroyed. Loss ahou ! SC, 900.
 HARTFORD, Conn.,, August 2.-A larg ! barn of L. D. Filley in Bloomfield contain l ing sixty tors of hay was burned during tn 1 thunder shower last night.
 If COST $175,OO0 It is unde,stood that the receiver of tn | Charter Oak Insurance company, which own the Fenwick Hall property, will announc within few days the date of the sale, whicf | it is expected, will take place sometime i Aug lst. Who the bidders are to be is nc | yet known, but it is among the possibilitie
 that the cottage wners, many of whom ar I SoAL4CucA OA WCdAIA, may COA4OAAo tO Po
 chase the property, which will undoubtedl
 be sold at figure very much below it's actu'
 value. Its original cost was in the neighbo hood of $175, ,000, which included an exte1
 sive tract of land adjoining; and some peep
 have an idea that it can be bought for lei
 than $20,000.
 THE HEIGHT OF LANTERN HILL, sToNINGTol
 The altitude ot Lantern Hill, Stoningtol
 hes always been a subject of interest ar particularly during the summer, when {
 many climb to it's summit. From 'fDr. Hal |
 Diary" we copy the following under date
 September 7, 1865: ':Th's day. Dr. G.
 Stanton with three assistants went to Lante1
 Hill with the proper inst1 lments, took th
 height of the hill by leveling. They bega
 at the top and leveled down to the pond {
 foot of the hill and thence cai1ied on Il
 levels by the road down to tide water at u
 head of Mystic. The height of the hill ffol
 the pond is BIT feet and that of the pon
 from tide water 17615 feet, making the who
 height 55315 feet. Though do not suppo'
 this to be the exact height, yet it is the fir
 measurement that has been attempted" IT pond referred to is not Long rond, but u
 one at the base of LanteIn Hill.